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TIL the Amazon River has another, much bigger river running underneath it.

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lJP1 TIL Pirates wore gold and silver earrings to pay for their funerals if they were to wash ashore.
lLmr TIL people have been building a medieval castle near Treigny, France, using only medieval techniques and materials, according to an architectural model from the 13th century. They’re in their seventeenth year.
98aG TIL that drinking 16oz of cold water on an empty stomach will increase your metabolism by 30%
woxX7 TIL Lake Titicaca is a large freshwater lake in the Andes mountains. It’s called the highest navigable lake in the world. Titicaca is the second largest lake in South America, both in terms of the volume of water and surface area. It has a surface elevation of 12,507 ft.